Trauma InJustice

In this, the Season 2 Finale, Chris and Alison speak with Dr. Harry Krop.  Dr. Krop is a forensic psychologist who has been involved in over 2000 homicide cases as an expert witness and started the very first sexual abuse treatment center in Florida in 1977.  We talk with Dr. Krop in-depth about two of the most high-profile homicide cases:  Danny Rolling and Aileen Wuornos.  IMDB information about the film "Monster" a film base on the life of Aileen Wuornos.These conversations are not appropriate for children. People with their own traumatic histories should be aware that we discuss violent crimes, exploitation, sexual trauma, child abuse, and incarceration.

Chris and Alison sit down to speak with Gordon Bonnyman, co-founder of the Tennessee Justice Center.  Mr. Bonnyman has practiced poverty law for 48 years.  His work has spanned so many areas of the law we could not begin to cover them all - he's litigated nursing home regulations, prison conditions, hospital pricing abuses, confinement of children with disabilities, due process for Medicaid recipients, and many others.  He has lectured and consulted on health law and policy and testified at congressional hearings on health and civil rights.  He discussed his work and the importance of storytelling with us.  You can listen to Mr. Bonnyman argue Alexander v. Choate before the US Supreme court here.

Chris and Alison partnered with Christie Bhageloe and Florida Legal Services to present a webinar.  We edited the audio of that live presentation to bring you this episode.  Our guests are Dr. Christie Monaghan and Tania Schmidt-Alpers.  If you'd like to watch the actual webinar - and see us live in action - you can do so here on the FLS youtube.This episode involves much discussion of domestic violence.  Survivors can contact the statewide domestic violence hotline at (800) 500-1119 and access the legal hotline by selecting option 3. They may also contact the legal hotline directly at (850) 385-0611.  TTY Access to the legal hotline can be reached at 1-800-621-4202. The legal hotline operates Monday-Friday, from 9:00 a.m. to 5 p.m., with the exception of holidays. Attorneys are able to communicate in both English and Spanish, and have access to interpretation services for other languages as needed. Betty Griffin Center: bettygriffincenter.orgDr. Monaghan's office number is 321-368-8877.https://www.floridabar.org/member/healthandwellnesscenter/Find a qualified psychologist: Florida Psychological Assoc: https://www.flapsych.com/search/custom.asp?id=1236Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapistsThese conversations are not appropriate for children. People with their own traumatic histories should be aware that we discuss violent crimes, exploitation, sexual trauma, child abuse, and incarceration.

This is the second episode in which Chris and Alison speak with Dr. James Clark, Professor and Dean of the College of Social Work at Florida State University.  You can review his impressive vita on the FSU COSW website here.  Dean Clark is a forensic social worker and you can learn about the role of mitigation (and social workers), in the book he edited with Edward Monahan:  Tell the Client's Story, Mitigation in Criminal and Death Penalty Cases.These conversations are not appropriate for children.  People with their own traumatic histories should be aware that we discuss violent crimes, exploitation, sexual trauma, child abuse, and incarceration.

Chris and Alison speak with James Clark, Professor and Dean of the College of Social Work at Florida State University.  You can review his impressive vita on the FSU COSW website here.  Dean Clark is a forensic social worker and you can learn about the role of mitigation (and social workers), in the book he edited with Edward Monahan:  Tell the Client's Story, Mitigation in Criminal and Death Penalty Cases.Our conversation ran long and was too fascinating to edit down to just one episode.  Accordingly, this is the first of two episodes where we have a conversation with Dean Clark.  These conversations are not appropriate for children. People with their own traumatic histories should be aware that we discuss violent crimes, exploitation, sexual trauma, child abuse, and incarceration.

Chris and Alison sit down with Jonathan Harriford to discuss his experiences with a loved one who lives with a chronic mental illness and his involvement with the justice system (both civil and criminal).   For a list of the Department of Children and Families resources related to the Baker Act you can visit their website.For information about a patient's rights under the Baker Act you can visit the website of Disability Rights Florida - they have both written and video resources.For information about schizophrenia you can visit the American Psychiatric Association websitethe National Institute of Mental Health websitethe National Alliance on Mental Illness websiteThese conversations are not appropriate for children. People with their own traumatic histories should be aware that we discuss violent crimes, exploitation, sexual trauma, child abuse, and incarceration.

In this second episode featuring our guest, Chief Frank Mackesy, Chris and Alison talk about his time at the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.  They discuss his training and how things have changed over the years.

Chris and Alison interview Chief Frank Mackesy in our first ever 2-part interview.  We spent a lot of time talking with Chief Mackesy and the conversation was too good to cut down to just one listen - so this episode is the first of two.  In this episode you'll hear our discussion of two high-profile cases in which he was involved.  Chief Mackesy is the Director of Police and Public Safety at the University of North Florida.  Before taking the position at UNF, he retired after 32 years with the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office from the position of Undersheriff.  He held many positions during his time with JSO, including Chief of Detectives.

Chris and Alison speak with Professor Carla Laroche, who developed and directs the Civil Rights and Racial Justice Clinic at W&L Law.  Professor Laroche has her AB from Princeton, her MPP from Harvard, and her JD from Columbia.  She previously was a clinical professor at Florida State University College of Law, where she founded and directed the Gender and Family Justice Clinic.  They discuss the work of her clinics, how she prepares students for what they will encounter in practice, and traumatic experiences that she has faced in her own life and practice.We discuss an article by Maryam Ahranjani, “Toughen Up, Buttercup” versus #TimesUp: Initial Findings of the ABA Women in Criminal Justice Task Force, 25 Berkeley J. Crim. L. 99 (2020), https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1835&context=law_facultyscholarshipAlso, this article about "imposter syndrome," And here's some extra reading recommended by Prof. Laroche on the language of social justice: -An Open Letter to Our Friends on the Question of Language https://cmjcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/CNUS-AppropriateLanguage.pdf - Social Justice Phrase Guide https://www.opportunityagenda.org/sites/default/files/2017-03/Social%20Justice%20Phrase%20Guide.pdf We discuss the adultification of Black girls and this is a 2017 study on that:  Girlhood Interrupted:  The Erasure of Black Girls' Childhood.

In this episode, Chris and Alison talk to Tara Wildes, the Director of the Corrections Division of the St. John's County Sheriff's Department.  Director Wildes was also the director of the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office Department of Corrections - the first woman to ever run that corrections system where she supervised over 800 employees.  We talk about the challenges of running a county jail, the intersection of mental illness and the criminal justice system, crimes committed in jail, and whether people can be reformed though imprisonment.These conversations are not appropriate for children. People with their own traumatic histories should be aware that we discuss violent crimes, exploitation, sexual trauma, child abuse, and incarceration.

In this, the first episode of Season 2 of Trauma InJustice, Chris and Alison are in the hot seats.  Who are Chris and Alison?  Why do we do this podcast? How is our engineer, Chris Higgins, okay after listening to all of these recordings about the dark stuff we talk about? Give a listen to find out about the behind-the-scenes business of Trauma InJustice.  And BOLO for new episodes every Tuesday starting now!

In the season finale, Chris and Alison talk to  Alan Chipperfield, Capital Crimes Director at the the Public Defender's Office in Jacksonville, Florida.  Al graduated from Washington and Lee and has been practicing law for 45 years: the vast majority of that spent defending people charged with murder and who face the death penalty.  He also served as the Chief Assistant Public Defender for the 8th Judicial Circuit and has practiced civil law.  We discuss why a lawyer who could do anything would choose to devote his career to representing people facing capital punishment.  We also hear about specific traumatic events in some of Al's clients' backgrounds and discuss broad policy questions about the criminal justice system. These conversations are not appropriate for children. People with their own traumatic histories should be aware that we discuss violent crimes, exploitation, sexual trauma, child abuse, and incarceration.

Chris and Alison talk to homicide defense attorney Deb Billard.  We discuss cases, child clients, restorative justice, and religion.  Deb shares how she remains relentlessly positive, her loving relationship with clients, and the role of yoga and meditation in maintaining wellbeing in such a difficult job. These conversations are not appropriate for children. People with their own traumatic histories should be aware that we discuss violent crimes, exploitation, sexual trauma, child abuse, and incarceration.

Chris and Alison talk to criminal defense attorney Mandy Kuhn.  Mandy has been practicing since 2005 and has represented people charged with almost every type of crime.  She has exclusively worked as a public defender for her entire career, both in Florida and in Ohio. These conversations are not appropriate for children. People with their own traumatic histories should be aware that we discuss violent crimes, exploitation, sexual trauma, child abuse, and incarceration.

Chris and Alison talk to groundbreaking criminal defense attorney Ann Finnell in this episode.  Ann's work defending Brenton Butler was memorialized in the Oscar-winning documentary, "Murder on a Sunday Morning." She was also part of the defense team representing Casey Anthony.  Ann is an expert in defending people who are charged with 1st degree murder and  are facing the death penalty.  These conversations are not appropriate for children. People with their own traumatic histories should be aware that we discuss violent crimes, exploitation, sexual trauma, child abuse, and incarceration.

Chris and Alison talk to Diana Johnson, an attorney who specializes in representing children in the juvenile justice system.  Diana is also a Florida Bar Board Certified Expert in Criminal Appellate Law. We discuss her work in private practice and as an assistant public defender and Diana shares healthy ways she's developed to deal with the stress she encounters in her work.

In this episode, attorneys Chris Moser and Alison DeBelder interview Waffa Hanania. Waffa is an Assistant Federal Public Defender for the Middle District of Florida and has been practicing law for 30 years. Waffa touches on many aspects of a career dedicated to criminal defense work, including whether people can be made whole by the criminal justice system.  The focus in this conversation centers upon the pain involved when representing people who are facing the possibility of the imposition of a death sentence.

Chris and Alison interview solo practitioner Regina Wright (reginawrightlaw.com). Regina has been a criminal defense attorney for 30 years and has worked both as an assistant public defender and as a private attorney.  We talk about these two types of practice, the importance of taking cases to trial, and about racial disparities in the criminal justice system. These conversations are not appropriate for children. People with their own traumatic histories should be aware that we discuss violent crimes, exploitation, sexual trauma, child abuse, and incarceration.

Chris and Alison talk to criminal defense attorney Lewis Buzzell about defending people charged with murder and who are facing the death penalty. Lewis is the Chief Assistant Public Defender for the 4th Judicial Circuit in Jacksonville, Florida.These conversations are not appropriate for children. People with their own traumatic histories should be aware that we discuss violent crimes, exploitation, sexual trauma, child abuse, and incarceration.

Chris Moser and Alison DeBelder talk to Katherine Hinchey. Katherine is an attorney with the Public Defender's Office for the 4th Judicial Circuit in Jacksonville, Florida. She specializes in representing clients charged with sex crimes and talks about the challenges that are unique to her work. We also discuss some of the unique challenges faced by women lawyers working in the criminal justice system.These conversations are not appropriate for children. People with their own traumatic histories should be aware that we discuss violent crimes, exploitation, sexual trauma, child abuse, and incarceration.